The real-time strategy game developed for PC by Eugen Systems
(R.U.S.E.™, Act of War) today unveils its multiplayer modes
and its online functionalities made possible thanks to EugenNet,
with an impressive two and a half minute video.

Commented by Alexis Le Dressay, Creative Director of Eugen
Systems, this trailer will help players discover the unique
dimension of this new strategy game. Its huge, ultra-detailed
battlefields, which display over 100 million partially destructible
and flammable objects, offer intense battles on a realistic scale
-- up to 150 km²! As many as eight players may battle together
during online matches; from 1-on-1 to 4-against-4, all
configurations are possible. The game is backed by online features
reinforcing social networking and interactions between players. All
this and more is explained in this new video for Wargame: European
Escalation.

One bit of last minute news – players who preorder the
game online via the official website or Steam will be granted today
exclusive access to the new multiplayer Beta. This last beta will
allow testing the multiplayer and undergo the final tuning required
for Wargame, before its full launch on February 23rd!

Wargame: European Escalation, the new real time
strategy game from
Eugen Systems, a specialist of the genre and
developer of the criticallylauded
Act of War: Direct Action, and more recently
R.U.S.E.™.

Wargame: European Escalation is built around depth
and reflection, the key elements of classic wargames. Above solid
foundations, Eugen Systems builds an impressive list of features
and enhancements in order to provide a unique and innovative gaming
experience to all real-time strategy fans.

Set in the
rarely explored period of 1975-1985, Wargame:
European Escalation pits
NATO (USA and Western Europe)against the Warsaw Pact (Soviet and Eastern European
countries) in battles that explore "what could have been."
The specter of nuclear warfare loomed large over the real Cold War,
but this catastrophic outcome was the ultimate last resort as
everyone knew that the first one to start nuclear hostilities would
end up wiped out just the same. Large, armored offensives through
Europe would certainly have been the core of this hypothetical war;
and this is what the
game's explosive campaign takes you through!

Wargame : European Escalation will be released on
PC in retail and online stores in February 2012.

About Focus Home Interactive

Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is an independent French
publisher based near Paris, France. Known for the quality,
diversity and originality of its catalogue, Focus has published and
distributed original titles that have become benchmark titles
worldwide - such as Blood Bowl, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania,
Runaway and also Cities XL and Cycling Manager.

In 2012, Focus will publish ambitious games such as Wargame:
European Escalation, the new real time strategy game from the
creators of « R.U.S.E. »™; Game Of
Thrones™, the role-playing game adapted from the bestseller
saga written by George R.R. Martin; The Testament of Sherlock
Holmes™ on PC and for the first time ever on consoles; Of
Orcs and Men, a great roleplaying game featuring Orcs and Goblins;
Confrontation®, the video game adaptation of the famous board
game universe by Rackham and also the official video game of Le
Tour de France.

Eugen Systems, founded by the Le Dressay brothers, has
specialized in real-time strategy games on PC and next-generation
consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3) for 10 years.

Based in Paris, Eugen Systems released Act of War: Direct
Action, one of the most acclaimed RTS games in 2005, and last year
R.U.S.E.™, considered by many to be the best RTS ever
released on consoles.

For more information about Eugen Systems, visit their official
website
www.eugen.fr

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